Day trip: Portland gardening at its best

Embrace urban homesteading and find star-quality garden art on a Portland day trip to Pistils Nursery 

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Jon Jensen

3. Embrace urban homesteading

The shed behind Pistils is full of simple garden tools, chicken- and goatkeeping supplies, and beekeeping paraphernalia―just what you might need in your own backyard.

4. Get your ideal plant

Plant geeks thrill to the purple-striped leaves of Ledebouria cooperi though it’s probably too tender to survive a Northwest winter. At the other extreme, White Mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga paniculata) loves ice, but its rosettes are tempting. Fortunately, Orostachys  will be right at home in your yard.

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